noun
Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)
• Syn: ↑Ataturk, ↑Kemal Pasha, ↑Mustafa Kemal
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader
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/ke mahl" ah'tah tyuurddk"/; Eng. /keuh mahl" at"euh terrk'/, (Mustafa or Mustapha Kemal) ("Kemal Pasha")
1881-1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923-38.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.